Investigators reviewed hospital records to classify initial and recurrent IS and measured severity with the NIH Stroke Scale (minor, 5; mild, 6-10; moderate, 11-15; and severe, 16).

"This GWTG-Stroke study demonstrates that to adequately profile hospital performance in caring for acute ischemic stroke, [it] is critical to adjust for stroke severity using the NIH Stroke Scale ...

They used the NIH Stroke Scale for ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage and the World ... “Stroke became milder in severity during the past 20 years regardless of sex or stroke types ...

As part of the Affordable Care Act, hospitals and medical centers are required to report their quality-of-care and risk-standardized outcomes for stroke and other common medical conditions.

Honolulu, Hawaii — The more severe a child's stroke, the more intense the subsequent changes in behavior and the higher the level of depressive symptoms, a new study has found. Other factors ...

Stroke Rounds: Aspirin Resistance Tied to Severity — Associated with infarct volume, initial stroke severity in Korean study. by Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today February 24, 2015 ...